The Ukrainian Week

23 March	World	Russia says Kyiv ‘changing mind’ in peace talks as Putin warned against chemical weapons German chancellor Olaf Scholz says Putin’s comments on US biological weapons seemed like an ‘implicit threat’
18 March	World	Survey says 86.6% of Russians support the armed invasion of Russia in other European countries 86.6% of Russians tolerate and support the potential assault on the territory of the European Union, including: Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and others as evidenced by the results of the sociological survey conducted by “Active Group”
12 March	Breaking news	Shaky footage in Ukraine shows this is a tale of two ways of waging war: stealth versus brute force Ukrainian troops with anti-tank weapons set ambushes, while their enemy slowly encircles cities to besiege them
1 March	Breaking news	Ukraine conflict: Russia bombs Kharkiv's Freedom Square and opera house Russian missiles and rockets have hit the cultural heart of Ukraine's second largest city in what officials said was a deadly and "cruel" attack
22 February	Breaking news	Putin orders troops to breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine Russian President recognised two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine as independent on Monday and ordered the Russian army to launch what Moscow called a peacekeeping operation into the area
17 February	Breaking news	Biden warns Russia is set to invade Ukraine within days US president speaks as Kyiv and Moscow blame each other for shelling in eastern Donbas region
14 February	Breaking news	Ukraine insists it still wants NATO membership after confusion it might drop calls for peace with Russia There was uncertainty after Ukraine's UK ambassador said Kyiv was willing to be "flexible" over its ambition to join NATO - one of the reasons Russia has cited for amassing troops at the border
9 February		The enemy on the brink What is known about the concentration of Russian troops
7 February	Breaking news	Russia has enough troops ready to take Kyiv, says former Ukraine defence chief White House believes Moscow has amassed at least 70% of firepower needed for mid-February invasion
31 January	Breaking news	Ukraine crisis live: face-off expected at UN security council meeting Washington to address ‘Russian aggression’, which Moscow dismisses as ‘PR stunt’ and more
27 January	Breaking news	Blinken announces US has delivered written responses to Russia over Ukraine crisis The United States has given Moscow its written response aimed at deterring a Russian invasion of Ukraine, Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced
24 January	Breaking news	UK withdrawing some embassy staff from Kyiv The UK has begun to withdraw staff from the British embassy in Ukraine amid warnings of a Russian invasion
20 January	Breaking news	U.S. approves allied weapons shipments to Ukraine as worries mount Baltic NATO allies Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia can now transfer American-made lethal weapons such as anti-armor and ground-to-air missiles to Ukraine
14 January	Breaking news	Russia and West at impasse as Ukraine urges reversal of troop buildup In a third round of diplomacy on Eastern European security this week, Kremlin officials sounded an increasingly pessimistic note, though they did not close the door on future talks
10 January	Breaking news	No concessions, no breakthroughs: Russia, U.S. cast pall on Ukraine talks Russia said on Sunday it would not make concessions under U.S. pressure and warned that this week's talks on the Ukraine crisis might end early, while Washington said no breakthroughs were expected and progress depended on de-escalation from Moscow
4 January	Breaking news	Russia ‘very likely’ to invade Ukraine without ‘enormous sanctions’ – Schiff House intelligence chair: invasion might draw Nato closer Sanctions must be ‘at level Russia has never seen’ to deter Putin
27 December, 2021	Breaking news	Ukraine crisis: how Putin feeds off anger over Nato’s eastward expansion Russian president’s attention-seeking diplomatic demands speak to long-held grievances
23 December, 2021	Breaking news	Russia claims it will begin talks with US and Nato If confirmed, talks would begin a contentious effort to avert a Russian offensive in Ukraine this winter
4 December, 2021	Breaking news	Russia positions more forces, supply lines as fears rise of potential Ukraine invasion Would Putin get away with invading Ukraine again?
26 November, 2021	Breaking news	Russia's military build-up near Ukraine is different this time, say experts Tensions have been rising again along the Russian-Ukrainian border, with Kyiv and Washington raising the alarm at what they say is an unusual build-up of Russian troops
22 November, 2021	Breaking news	Russia slams Western 'hysteria' over Ukraine The Kremlin said it was "not exactly polite" of the US to accuse Russia of unusual military activity near Ukraine after Washington brought in American soldiers from overseas
16 November, 2021	Breaking news	Russia-Ukraine border: Nato warning over military build-up The head of Nato has urged Russia to be transparent about its military plans after an increase in the numbers of troops on its border with Ukraine
1 November, 2021	Breaking news	Russia moves more troops to Ukraine’s borders, raises concerns in Europe, US The buildup of Russian troops on the country’s border with Ukraine over the past week has raised concerns among officials in the U.S. and Europe
11 October, 2021	Breaking news	Russian mercenaries violate ceasefire in eastern Ukraine ten times Over the past day, October 10, ten ceasefire violations by Russian-occupation troops were recorded in the Joint Forces Operation (JFO) in eastern Ukraine
16 September, 2021	Breaking news	Russia-occupation forces in Donbas fire at Schastia, head of local military-civil administration wounded The press service of the community adds that law enforcement agencies are currently working at the scene
11 June, 2021	Breaking news	UEFA demands Ukraine make changes to 'political' jersey UEFA HAS DEMANDED that Ukraine make changes to their jersey for Euro 2020 to remove a “political” slogan that sparked protests from Russia
3 June, 2021	Breaking news	Ukrainian President says Russian troops remain near Ukraine Ukraine’s president is claiming that Russia has maintained a massive military presence near his country’s borders
24 May, 2021	Breaking news	Ukraine extends sanctions in connection with Russian aggression Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy extended sanctions against companies and politicians blamed by Kyiv for involvement in Russian aggression against Ukraine
10 May, 2021	Breaking news	Russia-led forces hand detainees lists over to Ukraine The Ukrainian side shared its lists in the winter
4 May, 2021	Breaking news	Lithuania to contribute to de-occupation of Ukrainian territories Vilnius will never recognize Russia’s occupation of part of Ukraine’s territory and will make efforts to de-occupy these territories
19 April, 2021	Breaking news	Russia, Ukraine expel diplomats as tensions soar Russia on Saturday said it would expel a Ukrainian diplomat, prompting an immediate pledge of retaliation from Kyiv, further escalating tensions over Moscow's troop build-up on Ukraine's eastern flank.
14 April, 2021	Breaking news	Biden warns Putin on Russian troop buildup near Ukraine He called on Russia to "deescalate tensions," the White House said in a summary of the conversation
9 April, 2021	Breaking news	Ukrainian president visits eastern frontline as tensions rise with Russia Volodymyr Zelenskiy's visit came after reports of increased clashes with separatist forces and rising tensions with Russia.
22 March, 2021	Breaking news	Russian-backed rebels deploys tanks near demarcation line in eastern Ukraine Pro-Russian separatists have deployed more troops near the demarcation line defined in the Minsk agreement in eastern Ukraine
2 March, 2021	Breaking news	US sending patrol boats, equipment to Ukraine The Pentagon appears to be making good on Washington's pledge to help Ukraine stand up to what the United States has described as "Russian aggression."
8 December, 2020	Breaking news	Ukrainian former professional soccer player gets 12 years in prison in Moscow on espionage charges The Moscow City Court on December 7 found Vasyl Vasylenko guilty of spying and sentenced him the same day.
14 September, 2020	Breaking news	Ukraine to provide new evidence on Ilovaisk tragedy to the Hague Ukraine also cites facts that may indicate the control of the aggressor country over the occupied territory
6 July, 2020	Breaking news	Ukraine's Navy preparing for Russia's attempts to break through from Crimea to Kherson region Thus, Russians will try to let water from the Dnipro flow into the North Crimean Canal
3 June, 2020	Politics	There’s a big “diff”... Putin has forced Ukrainians to make a choice. Will they finally take a stand?
27 May, 2020	Breaking news	Ukraine in UN urges Russia to give up "logic of war" in Donbas Ukraine has also recalled Russia must implement its obligations under the Minsk Agreements
22 May, 2020	Breaking news	Ukraine to submit evidence against Russia in case of seizure of Ukrainian sailors to ITLOS Ukraine's memorandum in the case of the seizure of Ukrainian sailors and ships in the Black Sea in November 2018 has been signed and will be submitted to the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) on Friday, May 22
3 May, 2020	World	The Kremlin’s lawfare targets the Bering Strait The global outreach of Russia’s manipulation of international and domestic law
17 April, 2020	Society	A thriving ruin Despite many official pronouncements, industry in the liberated Donbas is in its death throes
7 April, 2020	Breaking news	Ukrainian espionage incident highlights ongoing Russian naval shortcomings Russian-Ukrainian relations, increasingly tense since the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union, plummeted to a new low after Russia’s forcible absorption of the Crimean Peninsula in March 2014 and subsequent invasion of Donbas
2 April, 2020	Society	From perfidy to repression What crimes Russia has committed during the occupation of Crimea and is still committing on the peninsula
19 March, 2020	Society	Grace of the empire What is Ukraine’s place in the rhetoric of Russian media and how to decipher their hidden messages?
7 March, 2020	Society	The march of dis-integration The self-proclaimed republics in occupied Donbas are changing their rhetoric about returning to Ukraine and are more actively imposing the attributes of a statelet...
18 February, 2020	Breaking news	Ukrainian Foreign Ministry demands Russia release 4 fishermen detained in Sea of Azov The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry summoned the Russian chargé d’affaires ad interim in Kyiv on Monday and expressed protest over the detention of four Ukrainian fishermen
9 January, 2020	World	Stagnation 2.0 What the Russian authorities can do to preserve the current regime
30 November, 2019	Breaking news	Ukrainian journalist painted to ‘keep alive’ in Russian jail A Ukrainian journalist convicted in Russia of spying and jailed for three years has described how he created paintings of cathedrals, lighthouses and soothing landscapes as a form of psychological therapy during his imprisonment
30 November, 2019	Politics	The concealed markers of sovereignty What criteria should be used to evaluate strategies for the reintegration of the Donbas
11 November, 2019	Breaking news	In Poland, Ukrainian Donbas war Veteran faces extradition to Russia A court hearing in Poland on whether to extradite a Ukrainian veteran of the ongoing Donbas conflict and member of a Ukrainian nationalist group is expected to begin by Nov. 12
2 October, 2019	History	The art of hesitation Adventures of signing the Ukrainian-Russian Treaty of friendship, cooperation and partnership
28 September, 2019	Breaking news	Kurt Volker, Trump's envoy for Ukraine, resigns U.S. special envoy to Ukraine resigns a day after whistleblower complaint was released
28 September, 2019	Politics	Donbas: The new repertoire Open supporters of integration with Russia are being persecuted on the occupied Donbas
13 September, 2019	History	Russian nationalism and Ukraine Roots of Moscow’s imperialist policy in Ukraine and Ukrainians’ participation in the creation of imperial Russia
15 August, 2019	Politics	Kurt Volker: “Russia is running a military operation in the Donbas” The Ukrainian Week talked with U.S. Special Representative for Ukraine Negotiations on prospects for the release of Ukrainian prisoners, the specifics of negotiations with the Russia and options for resolving the conflict in the Donbas
29 July, 2019	Breaking news	Ukrainian law-enforcers serve suspicion notice to citizen of Serbia For participation in illegal armed formation, assisting Russia's occupation of Crimea
27 July, 2019	Breaking news	U.S. urges Russia to release imprisoned Ukrainian sailors The U.S. called on Russia to release jailed Ukrainian sailors and enable a prisoner exchange, U.S. State Department Special Representative Kurt Volker told reporters in Kyiv
23 July, 2019	Breaking news	Russia-led militants fire shells at Ukrainian army positions near Luhanske on Tuesday morning The press center of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reported
2 July, 2019	Breaking news	Russia again calls UN Security Council over Ukrainian language law The Russian side already tried to gather a council meeting on the law on Volodymyr Zelenskiy's inauguration day on May 20
28 June, 2019	Breaking news	Four Ukrainian prisoners released by Russia-backed separatists arrive in Minsk Russia-backed separatists from Ukraine's eastern Donbas region have released four Ukrainian citizens, who have been flown to the Belarusian capital, Minsk
19 May, 2019	World	Brian Whitmore: “Putin wants to party like it is 1815” During the 12th Kyiv Security Forum The Ukrainian Week met with the American publicist and researcher of Russian policy, Brian Whitmore, to discuss the future steps of Moscow in Ukraine and in the world, as well as details of the Kremlin's strategy for the West
17 May, 2019	World	The “Kronos syndrome”, the “Trojan horse” strategy and the Russian military’s hybrid expeditionary force model Potential Russian courses of action in Venezuela based on the experience of Ukraine and Syria
6 May, 2019	Breaking news	2,973 Ukrainian soldiers killed in Donbas since start of Russian aggression President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko stated this
19 April, 2019	Politics	Decolonizing the minds Why sympathy with Russia is a threat for Ukraine and how it can be diminished
3 April, 2019	Breaking news	Ukrainian military reveal details of bloody battle in Donbas that brought casualties The female soldier, Yana Chernova, had "no chance of surviving in this hell," according to the Donbas Battalion commander
25 March, 2019	Breaking news	Opening polling stations in Russia dangerous Ukrainian voters residing in Russia will be able to vote in the presidential election only by travelling to another country, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin said
18 March, 2019	Breaking news	Russian military hardware spotted near Ukrainian border The convoy was spotted in Russia's Rostov region
16 January, 2019	Politics	Lessons for the Donbas from two wars What national unity hinges on and what, besides Russia, threatens Ukraine
11 January, 2019	Breaking news	Russia may free jailed Ukrainian sailors in swap deal Russia may hand over 24 Ukrainian navy sailors seized off the coast of Crimea as part of a prisoner swap deal with Ukraine later this year, the pro-Kremlin Izvestia newspaper cited a highly-placed Russian diplomatic source
27 December, 2018	Breaking news	Ukraine exposes Russian military intelligence network The latest task by their Russian curators was to create and further guide clandestine activities aimed at sabotage in the Ochakiv district
9 December, 2018	Breaking news	Russia may bring new charges against captive Ukrainian sailors Lawyer: It will depend on the "political situation and the political will of the Kremlin"
9 December, 2018	World	Facing the war Why is there lack of understanding of character of conflict between Russia and Western world
3 December, 2018	Breaking news	Ukraine calls up reservists amid tensions with Russia Ukraine's president on Monday announced a partial call-up of reservists for training amid tensions with Russia
1 December, 2018	Breaking news	Ukraine bars Russian men aged 16-60 from entry Ukraine will not allow Russian men aged 16-60 into the country following the imposition of martial law, Kyiv says
16 November, 2018	Breaking news	Russia threatens to "shut down" Azov Sea for Ukrainian ships The Russian Federation Council has warned Ukraine it is able to close the Sea of Azov to the Ukrainian ships within minutes
1 November, 2018	Breaking news	Russia announces sanctions against senior Ukraine figures Moscow move affecting 322 people comes after Ukraine targeted Russian officials and businesses earlier this year
12 October, 2018	World	Phillip A. Petersen: “We thought ideological competition was over, but it just shifted” During the 28th Economic Forum in Krynica-Zdrój (Poland) The Ukrainian Week discussed with the President of the Center for the Study of New Generation Warfare about the situation in the Black Sea and the historical and modern aspects of the confrontation between the USA and Russia.
4 September, 2018	Breaking news	Ukrainian officer has disclosed the number of enemy losses in Donbas throughout 2018 Russian propaganda systemically lowers the number of officially recognized casualties on the part of Russian occupation forces in eastern Ukraine's warzone
28 April, 2017	Politics	Building up armour Current state and plans in Ukraine’s defense industry
12 December, 2016		"Minsk is an attempt to escape from reality" Verkhovna Rada Vice-Speaker on re-balancing power in Ukraine, the effect of the Minsk process, and occupied territories
12 December, 2016	Politics	A well-rehearsed scenario How elections in the Donbas usually play out
12 December, 2016	Society	All used up Why is Russia rushing to put an end to the warlords in its self-proclaimed republics in occupied Donbas?
13 October, 2015	Society	How Much Longer This War? The Ukrainian Week polls the military, officials and politicians about the prospects for a longterm ceasefire
20 August, 2015		“We are able to be the eyes and ears of the international community in the conflict area” OSCE Special Monitoring Mission Spokesperson on its mandate and tasks in Ukraine
19 August, 2015	Economics	Going on Life Support The direction taken by Crimea's economy destroys its self-sufficiency and makes reintegration into Ukraine exceedingly difficult
19 August, 2015	World	The Force of Habit The interests and prejudices of officials and diplomats from the UN, OSCE, Council of Europe and other international agencies sometimes affect policy decisions more than they should
17 August, 2015		Truth Out of Fashion It is much easier to take the approach of multiple narratives than to accept that one side is right and the other wrong
6 August, 2015	Society	We Can Win After All Ukrainian victories in the East
10 June, 2015	World	Raimonds Vejonis: "Everything we saw in the Soviet days still goes on, but with new actors" The Ukrainian Week spoke with Raimonds Vejonis, the newly-elected President of the Republic of Latvia and Minister of Defense when this interview was made, about NATO revival, the "deterrent effect," Putin's unpredictability, and the cost of the conflict in Ukraine to Riga
14 May, 2015	World	Vytautas Landsbergis: "Ukrainians are now undergoing a long endurance test" The first speaker of the Seimas of the independent Lithuania and EMP until recently on the way Europe is changing its perception of Russia, the shifting "center of Europeanness", and why it is crucial for Ukrainians to resist disenchantment
16 March, 2015	Politics	The Chronicles of Alienation The annexation of Crimea from December 2, 2013, through April 4, 2014
27 February, 2015	History	Russia Against Europe Why is Russia so persistently aggressing on Ukraine?
23 February, 2015		It’s dangerous for Ukraine to live as though there is no war going on President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria in exile, Akhmed Zakayev, talks to The Ukrainian Week about what Kadyrovites want in the Donbas, the December clashes in Grozny and Makhachkali as an extension of the Russo-Chechen war that has gone on with varying intensity for nearly 25 years now, the illusory friendship of Vladimir Putin and Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, and the coming of ISIL to the Northern Caucasus.
27 January, 2015		The Misery of Putinism Why it will fail sooner than the Russian leader expects
16 October, 2014	Security	Mykhailo Koval: “Thank the army” Ex-Minister of Defence shares his views on the recent developments in Eastern Ukraine with The Ukrainian Week
12 August, 2014	World	The Big Illusion of Little Russia Why Ukrainians still view aggressors as "friends" and "brothers"
16 July, 2014	News	Dmytro Tymchuk: Terrorists shelling Ukrainian military from Russian border again At night on July 16, the militants shelled anti-terrorist operation forces four times, reports Dmytro Tymchuk, coordinator of the Military and Political Research Center
13 July, 2014	News	National Defence and Security Council: A grouping of Russian military detected near Russia-Ukraine border in Luhansk Oblast A cluster of the Russian military was detected near the village of Heivka, Stanychno-Luhansk County, Luhansk Oblast, 3 km from the Russian border on the Ukrainian territory, on July 12, National Security and Defence Council info-center spokesperson Andriy Lysenko reports